Stand-up Science
Ten Reasons for a Decade
2014-2024:
Ten Years of science on the «stage»! Science differently…
The Science Reactors in their new Stand up
“Ten Reasons for a Decade”
For two performances: Saturdays 7 and 28 December 2024,
at Arroyo Theatre, Meg. Alexandrou 128, at 21:00, free entry
With these two performances, Science Reactors close their first decade in the field of science communication.
They kept their promise and during 2024 had a dynamic presence with many surprises and unexpected presentations as well as collaborations (Arroyo Theatre, Athens Science Festival, Researcher's Night, Demokritos Research Centre, NKUA History Museum, Puzzle Festival at Kastellorizo, etc.).
Some of the old members responded to this year's call (reunion) and joyfully took part and will also take part in their anniversary performances.
A short retrospective:
The idea belongs to Eleni Grammatikopoulou, 30 years of life passionately devoted to science communication. She created the team by inviting young and talented scientists from various fields, who shared the same vision.
At first it took them some time to find their right pace. They acquired their name (Science Reactors), settled on their tool for communicating with the audience (Stand up), then staged their own theatrical performances (Science on stage) and finally decided to also engage with younger ages (Stand up science kids).
Many gifted young scientists passed through their ten-year journey. Some simply passed by, others left a substantial mark and quite a few remain still…
Many of the founding members were absorbed by the brain drain and others followed their own path.
The Science Reactors have had and continue to have a «bold» presence at major scientific events, combining Art with Science with always the same goal: communicating science and spreading knowledge in a simple, enjoyable and humorous way, without humour becoming an end in itself!!!
At the December performances, familiar but also new faces of the team will narrate scientific stories, in the now familiar and established style of Stand up, highlighting ten or more reasons why Stand up Science, why science differently!!
Specifically:
Taking part in the 7/12 performance will be (in alphabetical order):
Konstantinos Antonaropoulos (philologist-rhetoric trainer), who will also be the host, (Chara Afaloniati (veterinarian), Stefanos Giagtzoglou (biologist), Makis Zoidakis (biochemist), Dimitris Makris (management professor), Thomas Pappas (computer scientist), Manolis Polychronidis (philologist-rhetoric trainer) and Alexandros Sourtzis (spatial planner-urban planner).
A short summary of their unexpected stories:
…. What will happen if retrograde Mercury conspires for real? What are the secret algorithms of joy that hack our minds? Are there chemical formulas in the lab for the lovestruck? And while a robot wonders how it knows what it knows, the biologist of the group finds himself constantly before an experiment in progress… How do we shape that which shapes us (!) and to come a little back to our senses: a narration of the first ancient computer in 15-syllable verse will surprise us…
Taking part in the 28/12 performance will be (in alphabetical order):
Stefanos Giagtzoglou (biologist), Stavros Dimitrakoudis (astrophysicist), Antonia Karamolegkou (linguist- Machine Learning), Athanasios Koustenis (biochemist), Nikos Papadimitriou (chemical engineer), Manolis Polychronidis (philologist-rhetoric trainer), Chrysanthi Saliagkopoulou (biologist), Paris Frantzis (computer scientist) and Anna Christodoulou (physicist)
So can they overturn the myth that scientists have no sense of humour?
They will prove it on Saturdays 7 and 28 December at 21:00
For more information on the site: https:// www.sciencereactors.gr
Free entry. Seat reservation required at the following link: